The Art of Falling

Up above the bay window opened, exposing the helicariers.

"Close the bay window!"

"Close the bay window!" A man running down the bass of the helicariers said.

The guard looked at him with confusion.

Suddenly, men came out in all directions, firing there guns at anyone or anything in their way.

The helicarier's engine started, a blue fire coming out of them.

"They're initiating the launch." Maria said as she sat at a desk in the security room.

One by one the helicariers rose into the air.

"Hey Cap, how do we know the good guys from the bad guys?" Sam asked as he ran alongside Steve.

"If they're shooting at you, they're bad." Steve said.

Sam extended his wings as him and Steve jumped off the edge of a roof.

Steve landed on the ground with a thud, taking off at a sprint immediately after.

Steve stuck his shield up as men started shooting at him. Hiding behind one of the cargo containers, Steve came face to face with a guard, punching him in the face, Steve slams him up against another cargo container hitting him with his shield. He took a bomb off the guard and threw it back towards the other guards, sending them flying through the air from the impact.

Up in the air, Sam dodged bullets and missiles.

"Hey Cap, I found those bad guys you were talking about." He says in an annoyed and sassy tone.

"You okay?"

"I'm not dead yet." Sam replied dodging more bullets.

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Alexander Pierce watched Sam out his window as anger bubbled inside of him.

"Let me ask you a question," Alexander began.

"What if Pakistan marched I to Mumbai tomorrow,"

"And you knew that they were going to drag your daughters into a soccer stadium for execution," He said giving a man a glass of wine.

"And you knew that you could just stop it, with a flick of a switch."

"Wouldn't you?"

"Wouldn't you all?" He asked as he looked around the room.

"Not if it was your switch." The man infront of him said, throwing his glass of wine across the floor.

Alexander chuckles as a guard hands him his gun. Taking aim at the man infront of him.

Thinking fast Natasha in disguise kicked the man and went for Alexander's hand, for his gun.

She threw an electrocution disk at a guard, then threw Alexander's at the other. Punching another in the throat, then knocking him to the ground. She slammed another guard's head into a table and grabbed his gun. Flipping another one over her back and onto the floor.

Standing up, she pointed the gun at Alexander, who looked at her with confusion.

"I'm sorry," Natasha began, taking her mask off, her real voice coming through.

"Did I step on your moment?"

Natasha had now taken off her wig, her bright red hair showing who she really was.

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In the control room, two people were looking at computers showing the stats of the helicariers.

"Satellites at range at 3,000 feet." One said glancing at the computers that surrounded the desk.

Maria sat in the security room looking out the window before rolling over to a desk on her chair.

"Falcon, status?"

"Engaging."

Sam flew closer down to the helicarier that was in the air, narrowly missing bullets doing so.

Taking two guns from his side, he shoots two guards coming at him.

"Alright Cap, I'm in."

Just as he said that, a jet came out from around the corner, ready to fire at Sam.

"Oh shit." Sam said flying backwards.

Turning around, he flew under wings if other jets. As Sam went under the last jet, it exploded. Forcing Sam to retract his wings and face the jet shooting at him.

He grabbed his guns again, shooting the windshield of the jet, then falling backwards and catching himself as he retracted his wings again. Flying under the helicarier, Sam flew as fast as he could, but the jet got behind him again, and opened fire.

On the ground, Steve took out guards with his shield kicking and throwing punches at them from time to time as well.

"Eight minutes, Cap." Maria said through his eyepiece.

"Working on it," Steve said back as he threw his shield at another guard,
opening a door to the helicarier and going inside.

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Back inside, Alexander had a gun pointed to the back of his head by a council member, as Natasha typed in his computer.

"What are you doing?" One of the council members asked.

"She's disabling security protocols," Alexander said simply.

"And dumping all of the secrets into the Internet." He said as he walked toward Natasha, the gun still pointed to his head.

"Including H.Y.R.D.A's,"

"And S.H.I.E.L.D's" Alexander said.

"If you do this, none of your past will be hidden."

"Are you sure you want the world to see you as you really are?" He questioned.

Natasha looked at him with a serious face.

"Are you?"

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Steve ran into the helicariers center, pressing buttons to make the chip holder come down, after it did, he stuck the new chip into it, then locking it back up again.

"Alpha lock." Steve said through the earpiece.

"Falcon, where are you?" Maria asked as the first helicarier lit up on her computer screen.

"Had to take a detour." Sam said as he flew through the sky.

Dodging bullets and missiles from the jet chasing him and the other helicarier. Flying under it, the missiles went into the bottom of the helicarier, saving Sam.

"Woo!" Sam yelled as he flew through unharmed.

"Oh yeah!" He said in victory.

Flying in the helicarier he switched the chip.

"Bravo lock."

He said as he flew down the helicarier's rail.

The second helicarier lit up on Maria's screen.

"Two down, one to go."

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On the ground, S.H.I.E.L.D pilots who supported Steve began to walk towards their jets.

"All S.H.I.E.L.D pilots, scramble," The head pilot said talking into his walkie.

"We're the only air support Capital Rogers has got." He said.

Suddenly, a bomb was thrown into one of the jets, making it explode as it detonated. People started screaming and flying through the air as more jets blew up.

The Winter Soldier came out of the thick cloud of smoke, holding a grenade launcher, firing at the remaining jets and people.

Taking a bomb off of a guard, he threw it into a jet getting ready to take off, killing everyone inside. Bullets hit his arm as he chucked the gun away from a guard, kicking another one into the wing of a jet.

Running off, he jumped on top of another jet with a pilot inside, shooting through the windshield and killing the man. Ripping the door off of the side, he climbed in and took the controls into his hands, making the jet go up in the air, towards the last helicarier.

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Back in Alexander's office Natasha stood at his computer as the projection on the glass said, 'restricted access'.

"Disabling the encryption is an executive order." Alexander said as Natasha met his gaze.

"It takes two Alpha Level members."

"Don't worry," Natasha said with a sly smirk on her face.

"Company's coming."

Just then, the sound of a helicopter sounded from outside. Looking out the window, Alexander saw a pair of black combat boots from under the helicopter and knew exactly who was here.

Nick Fury walked through the door to Alexander's office. Walking in further, he stopped and looked at Alexander.

"Did you get my flowers?" Alexander asks sarcastically.

"I'm glad you're here Nick."

"Really?" Fury questions.

"Cause I thought you had me killed."

"You know how the game works." Alexander said, Fury walking closer to him.

"So why make me head of S.H.I.E.L.D?" Fury asks.

"Because you were the best," Alexander says in a matter-of-fact tone.

"And most ruthless person I'd ever met." He says with his hands on his hips.

"I did what I did to protect people." Fury says in a serious tone.

"Our enemies are your enemies, Nick."

"Disorder. War. It's just a matter of time before a dirty bomb goes off in Moscow, or an EMP fries Chicago."

"Diplomacy?"

"A holding action, Nick. A band-aid."

"And you know where I leaned that. Bogota. You didn't ask, you just did what had to be done."

"I can bring order to the lives of seven billion people, by sacrificing 20 million. It's the next step, Nick. If you have the courage to take it."

"No, I have the courage not to." Fury said walking past Alexander and grabbing his arm.

Looking at Natasha, Nick told her with his eyes to pull up the key.

"Retinal scanner active." Read the S.H.I.E.L.D. computer.

Natasha held a gun to Alexander'd head as he chuckled.

"You don't think we wiped your clearance from the system?"

"I know you erased my password, probably deleted my retinal scan. But, if you want to stay ahead of me, Mr. Secretary," Fury said taking his eye patch off.

"You need to keep both eyes open."

Fury motioned to the screen as they both got their eyes scanned.

"Alpha Level confirmed." Said the computer.

"Encryption code accepted. Safegaurds removed."

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Maria sat at her desk stressed, but her voice calm as she said, " Charlie carrier is 45 degrees off the port bow."

Looking up at the security cameras, she saw two men opening the door to her room and she wheeled her chair back, pulled her gun out, and shot them both as they both entered.

"Six minutes."

"Hey Sam," Steve said, "I'm gonna need a ride."

"Roger, let me know when you're ready." Sam said flying through the air.

"I just did!" Steve said as he jumped off the edge of one of the helicariers, falling quickly.

Descending after Steve, Sam raced after him flying in patterns to get the right angle of his arm.

Grabbing a hold of Steve's arm, Sam hoisted Steve up onto the last helicarier.

"Y'know," Sam began with a heavy breath, "You're a lot heavier than you look."

"I had a big breakfast." Steve says simply.

Behind a cargo container, the Winter Soldier came out from behind, startling Steve and Sam. He hit Steve hard, sending him through the railing on the side of the helicarier and onto one of the wings.

"Steve!" Sam yelled as he retracted his wings to go grab Steve. But the Winter Soldier grabbed his left wing and pulled him back up.

Sam grabbed his guns and fired them at the Winter Soldier. The Winter Soldier blocked the bullets by flipping himself around and taking cover behind another cargo container.

Sam flew on the other side in an attempt to flee and get Steve, but the Winter Soldier shot a grappling hook at him. As it latched into Sam's wing, the Winter Soldier slammed the hook to the ground, Sam coming down with a thud. Pulling Sam's wing off, the Winter Soldier kicked Sam off of the helicarier.

"Cap, Cap! Come in, are you okay?" Sam asked once he got on the ground.

"Yeah, I'm here! I'm still on the helicarier." Steve said climbing up the wing of the helicarier.

"Where are you?' Steve asked.

"I'm grounded." Sam said with a sigh.

"The suits down, I'm sorry Cap." Sam says apologetically.

"Don't worry. I got it." Steve said reassuring Sam.

Up above, the Winter Soldier and the Winter Wrath watched Steve climb onto the wing and run inside. They looked at each other and nodded, knowing what was going ot happen next.

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"Emergency evaluation alert." The women on the PA said.

People in the S.H.I.E.L.D Headquarters were running around, all trying to get out as quickly as possible.

"All personnel, proceed to designated safety zone." It said.

Rumlow was walking down a dark hallway with his gun raised, ready to attack. "All S.H.I.E.L.D agents, regroup at Rally Point Delta."

Turning the corner, Rumlow stabbed a S.H.I.E.L.D staff worker and killed four others with his gun.

"Sir, the council's been breached." Said Dispatch on his earpiece.

"Repeat, Dispatch." Rumlow commanded.

"Black Widow's up there." The Dispatch said.

"Headed up." Rumlow said, going through hallways that led to Alexander's office.

Maria watched Rumlow on the cameras as her climbed up stairs.

"Falcon?" She asked.

"Yeah?" Sam answered.

"Rumlow's headed for the Council."

"I'm on it."

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Steve ran down the alley way of the helicarier, the chip in his pocket ready to be used.

He slowly came to a stop as he saw an unfamiliar face, standing infront of the chip holder.

Her dark hair put into a long braid, with tiny baby hair sticking out here and there. Her entire body decked out in black with marks of silver and red.

Dark empty, and emotionless hazel eyes glared into him. Her cheekbones sharp and her face chiseled. A scar ran in-between her eyebrows, stopping right before her right eye.

This unfamiliar face soon turned familiar. Steve had seen her face before. In the files Sam gave him and Natasha when they went to his house. He knew who this was.

This was H.Y.D.R.A's prize possession, this was Bucky's partner. This was the Winter Wrath. This was Rhaenyra Maximoff.

Steve's mouth opened slightly, his mind still filled with shock. How could someone so innocent looking have such a dark history, such a dark story. Steve opened his mouth wider, choosing his words carefully.

"Rhaenyra?"

"People are going to die, Rhaenyra." He said, his voice being the only thing breaking the silence.

"I can't let that happen."

Rhaenyra stared at him, her head tilting a little bit.

"Please." Steve began.

"Please don't make me do this."

Rhaenyra lowered her head more and glared harder at him. Showing that she wasn't going to back down to him.

Steve's face hardened as he threw his shield at Rhaenyra, she blocked it with her arm, and shot at him. Steve caught his shield as ten bullet bounces off of it.

They both crouched as Rhaenyra shot at him with two guns, Steve dodged one of the bullets, but the other one scraped the side of his abdomen.

Steve hit Rhaenyra with his shield and ashe was sent flying back. As she got up, she grabbed one of her knives and walked towards Steve.

He hit her hand to try to get the knife out, but she held onto it. Steve tried hit her with his shield again, life she dodged. She swung the knife towards his abdomen, but he backed up enough that she couldn't get a clear shot.

Steve kicked his leg up to her face, and she kicked hers down to his other leg and pushed, knocking his down for a second.

Steve punched her in the gut, which sent her back, giving him enough time to get to the chip holder. He pressed buttons as the holder came down. He turned around and was met with Rhaenyra's fist hitting the side of his shoulder as he tried to dodge, but failed. Her knife grazed his shield as Steve kicked her and grabbed her right arm. He brought his shield down, intending to crush her arm, but her left arm caught the shield before it could hurt her. She was gaining strength and starting to stand up as a blue power came out of her hands and Steve was sent back a few feet.

Steve kicked her in the chest and sent her flying back, onto her back, flipping over and then landing on her knee and he right arm supporting her.

Steve walked up to the holder again and got the bad chip out. He turned around, hearing footsteps from behind him, he turned around as Rhaenyra's fist flew into his shield. He pushed her back and swung his shield at her, but she dodged it every time. She punched him and he punched her.

All of the anger boiled in Rhaenyra, she was losing, and she didn't like that. With one swift motion, she ran over to Steve and grabbed. Pushing them both over the rail. Steve's shield was out of his hands, and the chip had fallen out of his pocket. It landed beside Rhaenyra, towards the edge of the slanted slab they were both on.

They both recovered quickly, and were both pushing against each other. Steve kicked Rhaenyra as she punched him. They punched each other over and over again, until Rhaenyra backhanded him, sending him falling backwards. He grabbed the chip and stood up. Rhaenyra rushed towards him as they started punching each other again, until Rhaenyra knocked the chip out of his hand. It went in-between the crack of the slab. Onto the glass layer underneath them.

Steve hit Rhaenyra with his elbow and kicked her down off of the slab before he jumped down himself.

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"Done." Natasha said as the upload completed.

"And it's trending." She said looking at her phone.

Alexander pressed a button on his phone as council members started to drop to the floor, their name tags burning into them.

"Unless you want a two inch whole in your sternum," Alexander began as Natasha pointed a gun at him.

"I'd put that gun down."

Fury pointed his own gun at Alexander.

"That was armed, the moment you pinned it on." Explained Alexander.

Slowly, Natasha and Fury put their guns down.

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Steve ran towards the chip that had landed on the glass, but just as he was about to reach it, his shield hit him in the back. Knocking him down.

Rhaenyra grabbed her gun as Steve grabbed his shield, she fired but the bullets bounced off of the shield, doing nothing.

Steve threw his shield at Rhaenyra, but Rhaenyra swung it away with a streak of blue power. She grabbed another knife and charged at Steve. He blocked the first swing, but she pushed the knife into his shoulder the next time she got the chance.

Steve let out a yelp of pain as the knife went through his suit. He headbutted Rhaenyra as she slammed him into a pillar, and he pulled the knife out.

Rhaenyra lunged for the chip, grabbing it, she felt a heavy weight come on top of her, it was Steve. He held her up by her throat, then slammed her down on the glass. Steve had Rhaenyra's arm wrapped in his, his hand pressing down on her face, trying g to get her to drop the chip.

"Drop it!" Steve commanded as he tightened the grip on her arm.

Rhaenyra's face scrunched up in pain as she used her left arm to try and hit Steve.

"Drop it!"

Steve flexed her shoulder harder, until he hear a crack, which was her shoulder popping out of place. But, her grip on the chip on tightened.

Steve slammed them both onto the glass, chocking Rhaenyra and holding her right arm out, her left arm trying grabbing Steve's and forcing it down, but Steve's leg just locked her arm under. She sat there, struggling as Steve chocked her out more and more.

She closed her eyes and let the chip go. Rolling over, Steve grabbed the chip and ran up to the chip holder.

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"I'm on 41st, headed towards the southwest stairwell." Rumlow said into his earpiece as he scouted the 41st floor.

Sam appeared behind the door and punched him, knocking him back a little, grabbing Rumlow's head, Sam bright his knee up to it. He went for another attack, but Rumlow headbutted him, then pushed him,  sending Sam sliding onto the floor.

"This is gonna hurt." Rumlow stated as he took off his vest.

"There are no prisoners with H.Y.D.R.A.. Just order. And order only comes with pain."

"You ready for yours?" Rumlow asked.

"Man, shut the hell up." Sam panted.

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"Lieutenant, how much longer?" Alexander asked as he stood at his computer.

"65 seconds to satellite link." The lieutenant answered through the radio.

"Targeting grid engaged. Lowering weapons array now."

Guns in the helicarier lowered and showed themselves.

Maria stood up stressed as she looked sat the timer on her computer.

"One minute!" She said, panic laced in her voice.

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Steve swung off of a pipe and flipped himself up and over, onto the slab leading up to the chip holder.

Gunshots rang out as Steve fell over, a bullet lodged in his thigh.

Rhaenyra stood on the glass below him, he gun raised at him.

Steve jumped up onto the railing of the center of the helicarier. Rhaenyra shot again, and got his shoulder. But, Steve still jumped up onto another platform, before finally rolling onto the deck if the card holder.

"30 seconds, Cap." Maria reminded him through the earpiece.

"Stand by." He groaned

He stood up by the chip holder.

"Charlie-"

Rhaenyra had gotten a clear shot of his back and took it. She lowered her arm as Steve lowered to the deck.

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"We've reached 3,000 feet." Said a weapons tech through the earpiece.

"Sat link coming on now."

"Deploy algorithm." Said the other tech.

"Algorithm deployed." Said the first tech.

"We are go to target." Pierce said through the radio.

Maria watched on her screen as red dots, indicating people, lit up her screen. 20 million people were about to die.

"All targets assigned."  Said the tech.

"Fire when ready." Said the other tech behind him.

"Firing in three,"

Steve stood up, the chip in his hand.

"Two,"

He groaned as he heaved himself up.

"One."

Steve put the chip into the chip holder. Disabling it.

"Charlie lock." He panted.

"Where are the targets?" One of the techs asked as their screen turned back to normal.

"Where are the targets?" He asked.

"Okay Cap,"  Maria began.

"Get out of there."

She fingered her screen as the targets went down to three. The three helicariers.

"Fire now." Steve commanded.

"But Stev-" Maria started

"Do it!" Steve yelled.

"Do it now!"

Maria pushed buttons, making the helicariers aim at each other and start firing.

Steve gripped onto the railing, before hearing Rhaenyra screaming as she tried to push a pillar off of herself.

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Alexander watched the helicariers fire at each other with disgust.

"What a waste."

"So, you still on the fence about Rogers' chances?" Natasha asks.

"Time to go, Councilwoman. This way. Come on." He ordered Natasha as he held his phone to her back.

"You're gonna fly me out of here."

"Y'know," Fury began,

"There was a time where I would've taken a bullet for you."

"You already did. You will again when it's usef-"

Natasha grabbed an electrocution disk and pressed it. Sending shocks through her entire body. As she fell to the ground, Fury pointed his gun at Alexander and shot him twice. His body going though the glass protector behind him.

"Romanoff, Natasha." Fury said with concern in his voice.

"Natasha, come on!"

"Ow," Natasha groaned.

"This things really do sting." She said sarcastically.

The helicarier's we're crashing into each other and the sky was filling with smoke and fire.

Alexander lay on the ground before saying, "Hail H.Y.D.R.A."

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Steve jumped down onto the glass, stumbling over to Rhaenyra, who was still trying to get the pillar off of herself.

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Rumlow and Sma were still going at each other. With Rumlow landing a good punch, then Sam doing the same.

Rumlow threw Sam to the ground.

"You're out of your depth, kid." Rumlow said standing on one of the desks.

Sam's eyes widened as he saw black smoke and a large helicarier coming towards them.

Rumlow turned around, noticing Sam's expression.

"Son of a bitch!"

Sam jumped up and started sprinting towards the glass in the other side. With Rumlow doing the same.

"Please tell me you got that chopper in the air!" Sam yelled into his radio.

"Sam where are you?" Natasha yelled though the radio.

"41st floor, Northwest corner!"

"We're on it, stay where you are!" Natasha commanded.

"Not an option!" Sam argued.

Sam jumped through the glass of the window as Fury turned the helicopter sideways. Natasha caught Sam before he could go through the helicopter fully.

"41st floor! 41st!" Sam yelled.

"It's not like they have the numbers painted on the outside of the building." Fury said sarcastically.

"Hill, where's Steve? Do you have a location on Rogers?"

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Steve pulled the pillar up long enough for Rhaenyra to crawl out below it.

"You know this is wrong."

"Eugh!" Rhaenyra screamed as she punched him.

"Rhaenyra,"

"You've know this so wrong your entire life." Steve said panting, trying to reason with her.

Rhaenyra backhanded him again.

"You're name is Rhaenyra Django Maximoff."

"I'm not gonna fight you."

"You don't deserve it."

Rhaenyra climbed on top of him.

"You're my mission."

She started punching him, over and over again.

She held up her fist and looked at Steve's bruised face.

"Then finish it."

"Take care if Bucky for me, would you?"

Bucky.

That name, Rhaenyra knew that name.

They both sat there, panting. Rhaenyra still pinning Steve to the glass.

A pillar came crashing down onto the glass from the destruction of the helicarier. The glass broke pieces of metal falling into that lake underneath. Taking Steve with it.

Rhaenyra had hung onto a support beam, looking down, seeing Steve's arms up above his head, his body falling with no general direction.

Steve hit the water with a thud, his body sinking farther and farther into the lake by the second. Life draining from his body. The last thing Steve saw was a hand, reaching out towards him.

Rhaenyra had pulled Steve up to the shore, dragging him by his suit. Her's being destroyed, wet, and cold.

She set Steve down with a thud, his skin pale and his body cold.

Rhaenyra's hair was stuck to her face and her face was scraped up plenty.

Bucky ran out of the forest in front of her.

Him and Rhaenyra connected eyes, he walked over to Steve and took a hard look at him.

When Steve's body started to push water out from inside of him, the two soldiers turned in the other direction and walked off.

Bucky put Rhaenyra's arm around his neck, holding her hand with his left hand and helping support her with his right hand and arm around her waist.

Rhaenyra looked at Bucky for only a short amount of time, before darting her eyes away to look at anything else.

This was the first time that Rhaenyra had let anybody help her, besides in missions. And that was only if she really needed it. She held onto Bucky's right hand that was around her waist, stabilizing herself more.

With a shaky voice, Rhaenyra said, "Thank you."

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So, how did you like it???!
I thought that the little moment with Bucky and Rhaenyra was kinda cute, so I decided to put it in there as an ending to this book.

Anyways I'm sorry for kinda disappearing again, I hope to be more on schedule for the next book tho.

Thank you so much for reading
Have a goodnight/day

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